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CRICKET SCANDAL DEEPENS
Guyana: Guyana’s government’s public pledge to dismantle the elected Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) because of alleged widespread corruption and take over the administration of cricket by installing its Interim Management Committee (IMC) took a new turn over the weekend when local police arrested board secretary Anand Sanasie on suspicion that he was part of an organized ring that sold visas to ordinary Guyanese by passing them off to Western embassies as bona fide cricketers. Comment.
Hoop buffs cheer on Jeremy Lin
Sports: Could Jeremy Lin, a first year backcourt man on the New York Knickerbockers, be a great one and rank among the top guards in the National Basketballl Association? The rate that he is going even though he was not drafted shouldn’t stop him by any means. He has almost all the ingredients to be a future Hall of Famer. Comment.
Donovan player of the month
Sports: U.S. and Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan by now must have removed the doubts about his ability to succeed in Europe. Comment.
BLACKBIRDS SECURE SPOT
Sports: Last year the Long Island University-Brooklyn basketball team under the coaching of Jim Ferry captured 13 consecutive games, including the Northeast College Conference post-season tournament, defeating Robert Morris in the title game. Comment.
Guyana Cricket Board resumes control
Guyana: A High Court judge in Guyana has allowed the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to resume control of the sport in the South American country. Comment.
High price tag for Trinidad spinner
Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago mystery spinner Sunil Narine, who shot into the cricket limelight last year was purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (ILP) for the fifth highest price behind India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, India pacer Vinay Kumar and New Zealand batsman Brendan McCullum. Comment.
Racism must be booted from soccer
Sports: The issue of racism in soccer has raised its ugly head again, this time in the English Premier League last Saturday when Uruguayan Luis Saurez, who plays for Liverpool Football Club, failed to shake Patrice Evra’s hand before kick-off of a league encounter against host Manchester United at Old Trafford. Comment.
Red Bulls sign goal keeper Ryan Meara
Sports: The New York Red Bulls announced last week that it signed Crestwood (N.Y.) native and former Fordham University standout goalkeeper Ryan Meara. Comment.
Regional spinners dominate tourney
Sports: Spinners from the various teams in the Regional Four-Day Cricket Tournament dominated the second round of the competition. Comment.
Nyder comes through for Uniondale
Haiti: The track and field coaches at Uniondale High School are very proud of the efforts turned in by the athletes in the Section VIII or Nassau County championship meet in winning their 30th overall championship. Comment.
WICB announces Digicel Series schedule
Sports: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced the schedule for the Digicel Series 2012 and the picturesque Arnos Vale Cricket Ground in Antigua will host the first three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) when West Indies meets Australia in March and April this year. Comment.
Kirani James wins 400 meters in Boston
Grenada: World champion Kirani James of Grenada won the men’s 400 meters in 45.96 seconds — the fastest in the world so far this year in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday night. Comment.
Carib nationals as XLVI pioneers
Puerto Rico: “The key thing is to remember this: that all things are possible for those who believe. And we always believed, we always knew we could get here.” -- Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said at City Hall. Comment.
BLACKBIRDS RIDING HIGH
Sports: The Blackbirds’ basketball team at Long Island University-Brooklyn is having one of its finest season during recent years and maybe in the school’s history if the wins continue the way they have been. Comment.
Ivory Coast storms into ACN semifinals
Sports: Didier Drogba scored twice and Yaya Toure once to lead the Ivory Coast Elephants to a 3-0 quarterfinal victory over co-host Equatorial Guinea on Saturday to storm into the African Cup of Nations (ACN) semifinals. Comment.
BATTLE LINES AT BOURDA
Guyana: Chaos and disorder loomed large for the game of cricket in Guyana this week as government seemed determined to arbitrarily move aside the elected governing board, replace it with its own political appointees and take over operations generally but if the Antigua-based West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has its way, Guyanese won’t see an international match for months or years to come. Comment.
ICC slams Guyana government
Sports: The International Cricket Council has condemned the Guyana government’s interference in the functioning of cricket in Guyana. In a recent meeting in Dubai, the ICC Board took a stand against any government taking over and running cricket in any respective country. Comments (1).
Gayle heads to Bangladesh
Caribbean: Embattled West Indies batsman Chris Gayle topped the list of 12 West Indies players who were signed to play in the inaugural Bangladesh Twenty20 Premier League (BPL) next month. Comment.
JFF prez apologizes for bribery scandal
Caribbean: Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Horace Burrell has apologized on behalf of members of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for their involvement in the cash-for-votes, bribery scandal involving former FIFA presidential candidate, Mohamed bin Hamman. Comment.
World’s tallest pro hoops player leads Harlem Globetrotters
Bronx: The world’s tallest professional basketball player, Paul “Tiny” Sturgess, will add 7-feet 8-inches to the New York City skyline when he leads the Harlem Globetrotters into New York City for six games from Feb. 17-20, including one game at Madison Square Garden. Comment.
CONCACAF looks for new boss
Sports: Jeff Webb, the man spearheading the rebuilding of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), has been tipped to take over as president of CONCACAF. Comment.
U.S. Open Track Meet is a success
Sports: Asafa Powell is capable of being a threat in the upcoming qualifying meet and if he makes the Olympic Games this year he could even emerge victorious. His confidence keeps getting higher and higher and he is that fast in his specialty. Comment.
Sunil Narine will be Windies star bowler
Sports: Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Sunil Narine who is best known for his right arm spin bowling will be boosting West Indies efforts to regain a higher status on the international rating. Comment.
THREE WINS IN A ROW
Sports: The U. S. men’s national registered its third straight win under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann when it defeated hosts Panama, 1-0, last Wednesday night in an international friendly. Comment.
Nation’s best head to Colgate Women’s Games finals
Sports: From an initial field of more than 10,000 girls and young women from all over the East Coast, 210 of the nation’s best athletes have persevered through four preliminary meets and a semi-finals at Pratt Institute to earn spots in the Madison Square Garden finals of the Colgate Women’s Games to be held this Saturday, January 28 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Comments (1).
T&T wins Twenty20 Championship
Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago captured the Caribbean Twenty20 2012 competition by defeating Jamaica by 63 runs at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Comment.
VICTORY HEADER
Sports: Second-half substitute Ricardo Clark scored a header off a Jermaine Jones corner kick in the seventh minute of stoppage time to give the U.S. a 1-0 win over Venezuela in an international friendly Saturday night. Both teams used second-string teams in an attempt to add depth to their squads as World Cup qualifying play approaches this summer. Comment.
CCNY Frosh impresses in field
Sports: For a college freshman to enter into any event whether it is on the track or on the field, no matter what it is, that person could feel a little nervous. It is not uncommon. So it was with Albert Huggins and Peter Dehazya, field specialists on the City College of New York track and field team. Comment.
Haiti goalkeeper hospitalized after collision
Sports: VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Haiti goalkeeper Ednie Limage was hospitalized with a possible spinal injury after colliding with a teammate during an Olympic qualifying game against Canada on Thursday. Comment.
WINNING STRIDE
Sports: The final preliminary meet of the nation’s largest track series, the Colgate Women’s Games, featured some of the East Coast’s best athletic talent, as competitors of all ages continue to set the national pace with fast times, and excellent performances at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn last weekend. Comment.
T&T looks set to win Twenty20 Championship
Sports: Trinidad and Tobago seems well set to capture the Twenty20 Championship trophy. The annual competition has seven teams competing: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands and Canada. Comment.
WICB ordered to pay WIPA $2M
Sports: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will have to dig deep into its coffers to find US$2 million to pay regional cricketers after losing the latest round of arbitration to the West Indies Players Association (WIPA). Comment.
Jamaica’s Mattocks a gem in draft
Sports: Jamaica continues to be the Caribbean country with the most players in MLS. The Jamaicans in MLS now number 14 when the Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected forward Darren Mattocks of the University of Akron as the second overall pick in the draft, held on Thursday during the NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Kan. Duke University forward Andrew Wenger was selected as the first overall pick by the expansion club Montreal Impact. Comment.
Phipps tops York’s rebounders
Sports: Omari Phipps is a basketball player at York College. In fact, he is a very good one. His father Oswald Phipps is a native of the West Indies, where he played soccer and cricket as a youngster in St. Vincent. Comment.
Garden to host Visa track & field meet
Jamaica: As part of the transformation at Madison Square Garden, the basketball and hockey venue will give way to a new track and field meet on Saturday evening Jan. 28 when it will host the initial of a Visa Championship Series for the 2012 track season. Comment.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Sports: Among thousands of athletes competing in the nation’s largest women’s track and field series last weekend at the Colgate Women’s Games at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, were some of the youngest competitors who created more than their fair share of excitement. Comment.
Backcourt duo enters select company
Sports: No major record was established but a personal achievement was set at the West Quad Center of Brooklyn College. This basketball game lifted Brooklyn College to a 2-0 record in the City University of New York Athletic Conference. Comment.
Attempted take over of G.C.B. is wrong
Sports: The Guyana Cricket Board has been a seperate entity and has the sole legitimate authority for the administration of cricket in Guyana. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) recognizes the Guyana Cricket Board as the only authority to organize or request the sanctioning of official cricket in Guyana. Comment.
Appointments at CFU and CONCACAF
Sports: In the aftermath of the cash-for-votes scandals that rocked the CFU (Caribbean Football Union), changes are afoot. The association has been without a president since Trinidadian Jack Warner was forced to resign last summer as a result of his involvement in the scandal, and by the end of the year, the CFU presidents appointed a nine-man Normalization Committee to steer the association through the first quarter of the 2012 until elections, to be scheduled before May 15, to appoint a new executive. Comment.
Reggae Boyz tops CFU rankings
Grenada: Reigning Caribbean champions Jamaica finished last year at the top of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings. Comment.
Granby goes into record books
Sports: Not many high school coaches attain a career 700 victories. Comment.
Darren Bravo shows signs of greatness
Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has already shown the cricket world that he has the potential for big innings, bringing in lots of runs for the West Indies. The left-hander took a while before he scored his first Test century but after he stroked the three figures, he followed that up with other huge innings and he has ben very consistent in Test and One-day internationals. Comment.
Attack on Klinsmann way off base
Sports: U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann came under attack recently for his selection policies. An American, 23-year-old midfielder Preston Zimmerman, who plays for German Third Division club Darmstadt, accused Klinsmann on Twitter of using “fake Americans.” Comment.
RECORD BREAKER
Sports: An Elementary B Divison High jump record, held in a three-way tie at 4 feet 7 inches by competitors from 1982, 1992, and 1995, was broken Saturday, Dec. 31 when Brooklyn’s Mykhiyah Williams of Ocean Hill Collegiate Charter School, cleared 4 feet 8 inches at the second preliminary meet of the Colgate Women’s Games. Comment.
Greenwood has bright future
Sports: Jonathan Greenwood turned in a decent sophomore season on the track and field team at Freeport High School. The nephew of Marlon Greenwood, who played in the National Football League, started his junior year off on a very successful note with a victory in the 300-meter run of the Conference I, 3 and 6 Crossover Nassau County meet. Comment.
